E.E. Streets Memorial VFW Donates $9,000 To Support Hospitalized Veterans During the Holidays

The donation was specifically used to purchase gift bags for all veteran inpatients at the Baltimore, Loch Raven and Perry Point VA Medical Centers during the December holiday season. Valued a $70 each and filled with an assortment of items, the gift bags were distributed by community volunteers to all hospitalized Veterans throughout the VA Maryland Health care System the week of December 18.

“I am extremely grateful to the E.E. Streets Memorial VFW Post 5118 for their generous donations to support our hospitalized veterans during the holiday season,” said Jonathan R. Eckman, director of the VA Maryland Health Care System.  “Many of our veteran inpatients were far from their family and friends during the holidays and the gift bags helped to remind them that that they were not forgotten.”

The VA Maryland Health Care System, which includes the Baltimore, Loch Raven and Perry Point VA Medical Centers, in addition to the Cambridge, Eastern Baltimore County, Fort Meade, Glen Burnie and Pocomoke City VA Outpatient Clinics, is dedicated to providing safe, quality and compassionate care to more than 54,000 veterans in Central Maryland and on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. To apply for VA health care, call 877-222-8387 or visit www.va.gov. To learn about volunteer or donor opportunities, call 410-642-1038 or visit https://www.va.gov/maryland-health-care/work-with-us/volunteer-or-donate/.